2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team

2015 Texas Longhorns baseball
Conference Big 12 Conference
2015 record 26–25 (11–13 Big 12)
Head coach Augie Garrido (19th season)
Assistant coach Skip Johnson (9th season)
Assistant coach Tommy Nicholson (3rd season)
Home stadium UFCU Disch–Falk Field
2015 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#4 TCU  ‍‍‍ 18–5 .783  43–9 .827
#15 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍ 14–8 .636  34–17 .667
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  30–22 .577
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  32–25 .561
Texas‡  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  26–25 .510
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .417  26–28 .481
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 9–13 .409  27–25 .519
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .375  21–30 .412
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 8–15 .348  23–32 .418
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 18, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team will represent the University of Texas at Austin during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns will play their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by head coach Augie Garrido, in his 19th season at Texas.

Previous Season

In 2014, the Longhorns finished the season 5th in the Big 12 with a record of 46–21, 13–11 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, and were eliminated in the semifinals. They qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and were placed in the Houston Regional, along with host Rice, former conference rival Texas A&M, and George Mason. In their first game, the Longhorns defeated Texas A&M by a score of 8–1, and then defeated Rice, 3–2, in 11 innings. In the regional final, the Longhorns again matched up with Texas A&M, and dropped game one to the Aggies, 2–3. However, they rebounded to win game two by a score of 4–1, and advanced to the Super Regional, of which they were selected as hosts. In the Super Regional, they were matched up with Houston, and swept the Cougars, 4–2 and 4–0, to advance to the College World Series.

In the College World Series, Texas opened up against UC Irvine and lost 1–3. In the loser's bracket, they rebounded to defeat Louisville, 4–1, and then defeated the Anteaters in a rematch, 1–0. In the semifinals, the Longhorns defeated Vanderbilt in the first game, 4–0, before falling in 10 innings to the eventual national champions by a score of 3–4.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Texas Longhorns roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 5 - Andy McGuire - Sophomore
  • 24 - Parker French - Senior
  • 27 - Travis Duke - Junior
  • 29 - Jon Malmin - Sophomore
  • 30 - Josh Sawyer - Sophomore
  • 31 - Chad Hollingsworth - Junior
  • 35 - Blake Goins - Sophomore
  • 38 - Ty Culbreth - Junior
  • 39 - James Swan - Freshman
  • 41 - Morgan Cooper - Sophomore
  • 48 - Ty Marlow - Senior
  • - Kirby Bellow - Senior
  • - Chance Callihan - Freshman
  • - Eric Dunbar - Sophomore
  • - Kyle Johnston - Freshman
  • - Connor Mayes - Freshman
  • - Jake McKenzie - Freshman
  • - Parker Joe Robinson - Freshman
  • - Tyler Schimpf - Freshman
  • - Tate Shaw - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 1 - Tres Barrera - Sophomore
  • 45 - Grant Martin - Senior
  • 46 - James Barton - Junior
  • - Michael Cantu - Freshman
  • - Michael McCann - Freshman

Infielders

  • 6 - Connor Macalla - Freshman
  • 8 - Brooks Marlow - Senior
  • 9 - C.J. Hinojosa - Junior
  • 17 - Bret Boswell - Freshman
  • 42 - Kacy Clemens - Sophomore
  • - Joe Baker - Freshman
  • - Travis Jones - Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 4 - Collin Shaw - Senior
  • 14 - Ben Johnson - Junior
  • 40 - Taylor Stell - Junior
  • 47 - Ben Kennedy - Freshman
  • 50 - Zane Gurwitz - Sophomore
  • - Kaleb Denny - Freshman
  • - Patrick Mathis - Freshman
  

Coaching Staff

NamePositionSeasons at
Texas		Alma Mater
Augie GarridoHead Coach19Fresno State University (1961)
Skip JohnsonAssistant Coach9University of Texas–Pan American (1990)
Tommy NicholsonAssistant Coach3University of Texas at Austin (2006)

Schedule

Legend
 Texas win
 Texas loss
 Postponement
BoldTexas team member
2015 Texas Longhorns Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches' 6 6* 6 12 17 16 12 19  
Baseball America 10 10 9 14 22 21 19  
Collegiate Baseball^ 7 12 11 15 17 14 10 23 30  
NCBWA† 6 9 8 13 16 14 11 18 25

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. ↑ "2014–15 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Official Baseball Roster". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
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